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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /11
U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson from Texas, on the white horse, visits Afghanistan in 1987. The Hollywood film, Charlie Wilson’s War, starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, was based on his story. Photo from AP / Iconic Photos.Part 11: 1981-1987A People’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Charles Wilson, CIA, Feminism, Foreign Policy, South Asia, World History
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Kate Braun : Summer Solstice Seasonal Message
Summer Solstice celebration at Stonehenge, 2005. Photo by Andrew Dunn / Time Machine by Heather Pringle.Summer Solstice:Mother Earth’s balancing act By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 “Summer breeze makes me feel fine,blowin’ thru the jasmine … Continue reading
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Tagged Astrology, Ceremony, Kate Braun, Mythology, Ritual, Summer Solstice
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Marc Estrin : Tea For Two
Image from Twin Towers New York.Tea for two:Peradventures in duopoly capitalism By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 20, 2010 Many voices on the left complain about our “one-party” system, the Replutocrats, the entrenched and ubiquitous party of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipartisanship, Capitalism, Democracy, Marc Estrin, Political Philosophy, Two Party System
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William Michael Hanks : Good Government and the Mountain Within Us
Mount Fuji. It’s all in how you look at it.Climbing the mountain:The foundations of good government By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / June 20, 2010 It is interesting how we each, in the progressive community, have different … Continue reading
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Yippie veteran turned law professor Raskin notes the attempt by Apple to censor a new comic book version of Joyce’s “Ulysses” for use on its iPad app, and sees it as part of a continuing and futile puritanical fear of … Continue reading
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Jim Hightower : British Petroleum as Global Corporate Criminal
British Petroleum: the many faces of corporate crime. Photo from BP 50 years in Pictures / TLAXCALA.British Petroleum:Recidivist corporate criminal By Jim Hightower / June 18, 2010 Gosh, how quickly things turn. One day, you’re a strutting peacock — the … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Corporate Corruption, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Jim Hightower, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill
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Tom Tomorrow : Free-Market-Man
Cartoon by Tom Tomorrow / This Modern World. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Source / Truthout The Rag Blog
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Tagged British Petroleum, Comics, Oil Spill, Political Satire, This Modern World, Tom Tomorrow
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Pitchfork Populism : What Damage Will The Tea Baggers Do?
Photo from jkurt58 / Photobucket.What will they do to America?Right wing populism and the Tea BaggersBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / June 18, 2010 Maybe the great body of Tea Baggers cannot be reached, but we must answer … Continue reading
Marx used to refer to what we now call the “economy” as “the political economy”, because he realized that economics is really built on the constantly shifting social foundation of culture and politics, and law derived from politics. The latter … Continue reading
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John Ross : The Long Night of San Juan Copala
Justicia en San Juan Copola. Photo from Su Propina es mi Sueldo.Mexico’s Gaza:The long night of San Juan Copala Much as the Israeli government had warned the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla not to set sail for Gaza, the Governor … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, John Ross, Mexican History, Mexico, Palestinian Blockade, Social Justice
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Environmental writer Wasserman takes the apocalyptic view of the BP oil spill and the potential for ever greater environmental destruction from oil drilling and from nuclear power plants. “It is suicidal,” he tells us, “to allow corporations to deploy technologies … Continue reading
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View From Texas Coast : Stop the Drilling Now
In better days: Brown Pelican off the Texas Coast. Photo from Amber Coakley / Birders Lounge.BP oil disaster demonstratesNeed to end offshore drilling …our love for the abundant life [on the Gulf Coast] is so woven into our lives that … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Habitat, Lamar W. Hankins, Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Texas
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